£100k-a-week Man United striker Dimitar Berbatov tells Big Issue vendor he's 'skint'
He may have just signed a £30.75million deal with Manchester United, but Dimitar Berbatov doesn't have a penny to spare.
The 27-year-old declined to buy a copy of the Big Issue last night after enjoying a plush dinner at Manchester's San Carlo restaurant.
The former Spurs striker told a homeless vendor he was 'skint', according to onlookers.
'Skint': Dimitar Berbatov, who signed a £30.75million deal with Manchester United last week, told a Big Issue vendor he was strapped for cash
After a persistent sales pitch, Berbatov eventually relented and borrowed some change from a friend.
He certainly wasn't strapped for cash earlier this week when he celebrated his move to Old Trafford - and new £100,000-a-week pay packet - by blowing £2,500 on 25 pairs of trainers at Selfridges in Manchester.
A source told The Sun: 'Berbatov was like a boy in a sweet shop. He wanted to celebrate his move - and huge pay rise - by doing some shopping.
'Before we knew it, he had chosen 25 pairs. God knows why anyone would want 25 pairs of new trainers. That's enough for two football teams, the referee and the two linesmen.'
He is also planning to splash out on a new property, and is currently house-hunting in the Manchester area after his move from London.
One of the houses he is looking at is the Cheshire mansion of Derby hard-man Robbie Savage, which was featured on the MTV show Footballers' Cribs in 2005.
